Höytiä

Höytiä
Village
Höytiä school
Höytiä school
Höytiä is located in Central Finland
Höytiä
Höytiä
Location in Central Finland
Höytiä is located in Finland
Höytiä
Höytiä
Höytiä (Finland)
Coordinates: 62°25′30″N 25°22′26″E / 62.425°N 25.374°E / 62.425; 25.374
Country Finland
RegionCentral Finland
Sub-regionJyväskylä sub-region
MunicipalityUurainen
Population
 (2015)
 • Total
~300
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Höytiä is a village in Uurainen, Finland, located in the southern part of the municipality near the border with Jyväskylä. As of 2015, about 300 people lived in the village.[1]

Etymology

A lean-to shelter at Konttivuori.

According to Saulo Kepsu, the name of Höytiä and other place names with Höyt- (e.g. Höytiäinen) are derived from the word höyty or höytyvä meaning 'fluff (of a flower)'.[2]

Geography

Höytiä is located in the southern part of Uurainen near the municipal border with Jyväskylä and Petäjävesi, along the road 6250 connecting Uuraisten kirkonkylä (the municipal center) to the village of Kintaus in Petäjävesi.[3]

Notable natural sites in Höytiä include Matosuo, a 142-hectare (350-acre) bog that has largely been drained, but still has some natural sections which, along with the Matolampi pond, are locally significant bird habitats.[4] There is also a 1.3-kilometer (0.81 mi) guided nature trail around the Konttivuori outcrops, which were protected in 1993.[5]

History

The first farms in Höytiä were established in the 18th century as tenant farms under older farms in Uuraisten kirkonkylä and Kyynämöinen.[6] On 22 February 1856, twelve farms from Soukkajärvi were transferred from the Jyväskylä parish to Uurainen, at the time a subordinate parish under Saarijärvi, including many in modern Höytiä, such as Heinäaho, Laitala, Matomäki, Peuramäki, Riihimäki and Teivaistenaho. Uurainen became an independent parish on 10 February 1868.[7]

A road connecting Uuraisten kirkonkylä to Kintaus was built through Höytiä in 1906. In 1915, the road was connected to the highway between Uuraisten kirkonkylä and Jyväskylä.[8]

Services

There is a school in Höytiä for grades 1–4 of peruskoulu, grades 5–9 attend school in central Uurainen.[9] It was established in 1906.[10] The school has two buildings, an older timber building from 1912 and a newer building from 1937, both of which are classified as regionally significant.[11] An indoor sports hall was finished in 2016.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Savela, Sanna (20 October 2015). "Halli mullistaa Höytiän liikunnanopetuksen - 'Välillä on viisikin tuntia oltu räntäsateessa'". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  2. ↑ Kepsu, Saulo (2025). Vaasan läänin kylännimet (in Finnish). Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland (Kotus). p. 33. ISBN 978-952-7359-24-2. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  3. ↑ "Location of Höytiä" (Map). Karttapaikka. National Land Survey of Finland (Maanmittauslaitos). Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  4. ↑ Välivaara, Reima (2017). "Valtakunnalliseen suojeluverkostoon kuulumattomat Keski-Suomen maakuntakaavan luontokohteet" (PDF). keskisuomi.fi (in Finnish). Keski-Suomen liitto. p. 76. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  5. ↑ "Luontopolut ja lintutornit". uurainen.fi. Municipality of Uurainen. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  6. ↑ Santaniemi, Eija; Lahtinen, Hanna. "Historiaa". hoytia.fi (in Finnish). Höytiän kyläyhdistys. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  7. ↑ Huovila, Aaro; Alainen, Aune (1988). Nyrölä - Kylä Keski-Suomen katolla (in Finnish). Jyväskylän maalaiskunta: Nyrölän kylätoimikunta. p. 17. ISBN 952-90-0148-7.
  8. ↑ Sinisalo 1993, p. 183.
  9. ↑ "Koulut". uurainen.fi. Municipality of Uurainen. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  10. ↑ Sinisalo 1993, pp. 114–115.
  11. ↑ "Keski-Suomen maakunnallisesti merkittävät rakennetut kulttuuriympäristöt 2016" [Regionally valuable cultural environments in Central Finland, 2016] (PDF). keskisuomi.fi (in Finnish). Keski-Suomen liitto. 2016. p. 132. Retrieved 29 July 2026.

Cited sources

  • Sinisalo, Hannu (1993). Uurainen: Kuukan kappelista nykypäivään 1868–1993 (in Finnish). Uurainen: Municipality of Uurainen. ISBN 951-96762-0-1.
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